New York CITY, NEW YORKNovember 1961

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Summary

On November 3, 1961, civilian witnesses in New York City reported an object at about 5:20 to 5:32 p.m. local time. The report came to a naval air station from city police. A police patrolman on a patrol boat on Jamaica Bay saw a large object that looked like a light. It traveled in a westerly direction across the bay toward the naval air station and the city. Three witnesses were noted. The sighting lasted about two minutes. The witnesses said the object was too big and too fast to be a star. The Air Force listed the case as a probable aircraft, based on the duration and apparent flight.

Reported location

New York CITY, NEW YORK

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

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: 1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Ral : Ey fri 0 Was Ball
- 3 Nov 61 liew Yorx LLY, New wre |p Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION i: TRE Ri

i i ; EX Was Aircraft

1 as ee EK Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircroft

A RTE or RR 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft

i 5. PHOTOS SOURCE O Was Astronomical

E 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomicel

No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RL EAN A rn, SI
4 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
a g oy 0 Unknown

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q 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Large <oit thot looked []He COMMENTS Probable ajc sighting as

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995468